The Battle for Pakistan is a historic odyssey of the titanic struggle for the creation of Pakistan covering all significant events concisely from the Battle of Plassey in 1757 till the birth of Pakistan in 1947. It maintains that the partition of India was the result of a short-sighted, unaccommodating, uncharitable attitude and the wrong tactical moves in the policy of the Congress towards the…
The contents of this book: 1. The Hindu-Muslims Divide 2. Option-India 3. The First War - 1947-48 4. Kashmir - An Obsession 5. Another Attempt - Battling for Kashmir Again
The Kashmir dispute has dominated Indo-Pakistani relations ever since the Transfer of Power over forty years ago; and it has played a major part in the genesis of the Sino-Indian boundary dispute. Alastair Lamb, on the basis of research carried on over thirty years examines the history of this dispute from its remote origins in the first half of the 19th century, when the State of Jammu and Kas…
There has been a pervasive and apparently justified feeling that the Government of India, India's corporate sector, the media and even academia, pay far less attention to the Gulf than its importance demands. More of our exports go to the Gulf than to the region that has received so much economic importance in recent years, Southeast Asia. As for imports there can be no comparison: not only doe…
Kashmir is one of the most intensely disputed regions of the world. Lying between India and Pakistan, it was acceded to India by the British when they left in 1947; however, with a majority Muslim population, many Kashmiris and Pakistanis felt that it should have become a part of Pakistan. To this day, it continues to be the subject of passionate conflict between the two countries -- in late 20…
This book contains: 1. Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) 2. Gulzari Lal Nanda (1964 and 1966) 3. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966) 4. Indira Gandhi (1966-1977) 5. Moraji Desai (1977-1979) 6. Charan Singh (1979-1979)
This book contains: 1. Indira Gandhi (1980-1984) 2. Rajiv Gandhi (1984-1989) 3. Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1989-1990) 4. Chandra Shekhar (1990-1991) 5. P.v. Narasimha Rao (1991 onwards)
In this penetrating series of essays, dwelling on diverse issues in India and abroad, Saeed Naqvi builds up a compelling case. That the Brahmin's stranglehold on political power in New Delhi may be coming to an end. With the self-assurance of someone who has won our affections, one off the most respected journalists of our day speak the truth as he sees it.
This book contains: 1. International buy-back contract 2. Contract suitable for exclusive and sole agents representing manufacturers overseas 3. Contract suitable for agents appointed overseas to whom stocks are shipped on consignment account 4. Contract suitable for merchant firm having its own branches or head office in overseas territory, buying as principals and paying cash for stock at…
This volume two: Independence and beyond-the fifty years (1947-97) studies fifty years ago: When the future was in our hands; India at fifty: Fault lines in two- nation theory; Salute the RIN ratings: Those magnificent freedom fighters; Looking back at events fifty years ago; India at fifty: Nowhere near attaining adulthood; Campaigning for good governance; Interpreting 1996; Towards participat…